Attachment for manure-spreaders.



T. FELCYN. ATTACHMENT FOR'MANURE SPREADERS.

APFLICATUN FILED DEC-2. T915. K

I Patented Mw.' l2; T918* www er Mavim @JWM mW-a T lllllillllii THOMAS FELCYN, OF IVANHUE, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOR MANURE-SPREADERS.`

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

Application led December 2, 1916. 'Sera11\To. 134,652.

To all tzr/wm it may concern:

Be it known`that I, THOMAS FELCYN, a citizen of the United States, residing at vanhoe, in the county of Lincoln and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for lidanurepreaders, of which the following is a specification. j

This invention relates to an attachment for a manure spreader. and more particularly to a hood or shield adapted to be mounted about the spreader cylinder' and provided with disintegrating means.

As is well known, best possible results, the manure which is spread by a machine should be in a finely subdivided or comminuted condition and should be spread uniformly and evenly.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a hood or shield of simple construction, which can be easily attached to a standard spreader and which will prevent the manure from being blown about, as it is discharged from the spreader cylinder.

A further object is to provide means for cutting up or disintegrating the manure, so as to insure line and uniform division of the SHINE.

Further objects will appear from the detail description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the attachment, as applied, and

Fig. Q is a front view ofthe attachment.

The numeral 1 designates a top bar, the ends of which are turned down at right angles to provide securing arms At each end of the bar l is secured a rearwardly eX- tending arcuate bar 3. An angle bracket 4 is riveted to the lower end of each bar 3 and has its inner end riveted to the lower end of an inclined brace bar 5, the upper end of which is riveted to the securing arm 2. AnY

intermediate arcuate bar G is secured to the top bar 1, between the end bars 3. The lower end of the bar 6 is turned inward at right angles and is secured to a cross bar 7, the ends of which are riveted to the end ba rs 3, as at 8. These bars all cooperate to form an arcuate hood which is inclosed by a sheet metal cover or top 9 and sheet metal end plates l0 secured overV the bars. 'This hood is adapted to be secured tothe back of a inanure spreader 11, so as to extend about the spreader cylinder 12 thereof which is rota-V in order to obtain the tably supported on the spreader body and driven by meansv of thev usual gearing, connecting it to the ground wheels of the spreader.

A plurality of l brackets 13 are secured to the cross bar 7 and extend upward from the same vertically. A heavy blade 14 of semielliptical shape is pivotally secured at its 15, to the upper end of the each of the brackets 13.

upper end, as at vertical arm of The straight inner edge of this blade is ground to provide a cutting edge 16. These blades lie in planes extending longitudinally of the spreader body, and are positioned in back of and adjacent the spreader cylinder 12.

A crank shaft 1'? is rockably mounted in bearing straps 18 secured to the end bars 3 andthe center bar 6 in alinement with the pivotal axes of the blades 14. This crank shaft is provided with a plurality of cranks 19, the cross bars of which pass through suitable apertures in the blades below their pivotal axes. Bv rotating this crank shaft, the blades 14 may be rocked about their axes so as to vary their angular adjustment relative to the spreaderl cylinder, and to also keyed on the shaft 17, near one end thereof,

and is adapted to be engaged by a gravity pawl 21 pivotallv mounted on one end of the hood. rl'his pawl engages the teeth of the ratchet solas to hold the blades in raised position. The blades spaced as to permit the teeth of the cylinder to pass between the same thus preventing interference by the blades with the rotation of the cylinder.

As the manure is discharged from the cylinder 12 it impingcs upon the blades 1t so as to te thoroughly cut and disintegrated thereby, after which it is directed by the hood downward onto the ground surface. The blades, in addition to acting as disintegrating members, also serve to divide the manure which is discharged from the spreader cylinder into a plurality of parallel streams of equal width, thus facilitating the spreading operation and insuring uniform distribution. By adjusting the blades 14 about their pivotal axes so as to vary their angular adjustment and their distance away from the spreader cylinder, their elfectiveness as disintegrating 14 are, of course, so!

-strai'ght downward on the and dividing elements may be varied vto suit especial conditions. l j

The hood which is formed by the frame bars and the sheet metal covering therefor, fits about the spreader cylinder and serves to protect or shield the same from the wind. By' 'this arrangement, the blowing of the manure such as occurs where the cylinder is not protected by a hood is'entirely eliminated, as the manure is directed as it leaves the cylinder. This prevents interference with the spreading operation by the wind and insures uniform and even distribution, which-as. above stated is one lof the main objects of the invention.

There may be slight changes. madein the construction and arrangementv of the different. parts of my invention without departing from the field and scope ofl the lsame, and I intend to include allvsuch variati'ons as fall. within the scope of the appended claims kin this application in'which ,a lpreferred form only of the inventionis between them and having their front edges sharpened to provide cutting elements, and means for simultaneously adjusting? the blades about their pivotal axis so as to Vary their inclination and their distance away from the cylinder. Y

2. The combination with a spreader body and a cylinder rotatably mounted thereon and provided with outwardly projecting "teeth, of a hood secured on said body and extending about the cylinder, a plurality of disintegratmg members-'mounted adjalGoldes of-this vpatent may be obtained for ground surface spreader cylinder the axisof the cylinder vsecured cent the back of the members being spaced apart so as to permit passage of the teeth of the cylinder between them, and means for adjusting said disintegrating members.

3. The combination with a spreader body anda cylinder rotatably mounted thereon and provided `with outwardly projecting teeth, of a hood carried by the body and extending about the upper and rearward portion'of the cylinder, a plurality of fordownwardly inclined disintewardlyv and grating 'blades pivotally mounted in said hood at the rear thereof, said blades being spaced .apart lso. kas to permit the vteeth of the cylinder to pass between them,'a transverse shaft. Arockablyl mount-ed in saidv hood and .provided with' a pluralityA of cranks loosely secured through said blades, land means for sec-uring the shaft in rotary adjustment.

4. 1n manure spreader hood adapted to be secured to the bodyv of a manure spreaderjso as to extend about the thereof, a plurality of hood rfor adjustmentV forward. and rearward of said hood, said attachments, a

disintegrating members mounted adjacent the back of the hood for adjustment forward and rearward of said hood, and means for adjusting said disintegrating members. l

5. In manureV spreading attachments, a hood adapted to be secured to the body of a spreader so as toV extend about the rearward portion of the Vspreader cylinder thereof, a plurality of forwardly directedv and lforwardly and downwardly inclinedj disintegrating bladesl pivotally mounted in said hood at the rear thereof, a transverse shaft roclrably mounted 1in said hood and provided with a plurality of cranks loosely through'said blades, and means for securing the shaft in rotary adjustment.

In testimony whereof I affix my 'signature in Vpresence of two witnesses.

' Y THOMAS FELCYN.

Witnesses: i

LIV. VTDMARK, S. E. ISF-BLD.

ve 'cents eac-h. lay-addressing the Commissioner Voi laten'ts, Washington, D. C. l, 

